Laugh a Little or A Lot. It’s National Humor Month!

Did you know April is National Humor Month? A giggle so great it makes
your belly ache does the soul good any day, but this month make a little extra
room in your life for some hearty, first-class, fill-your-heart-with-joy laughter.
Started in 1976 by comedian and author Larry Wilde, National Humor Month is a
celebration of the healing power that humor, joy, and laughter can have on our
lives.

Here are three ways you can use humor to lighten your load.

Learn to laugh at
yourself!
Sounds weird right? It isn’t! Being able to laugh at yourself (we all have our
silly moments!) can be super freeing. It helps us not to take ourselves and life
so seriously all the time—because
we all know that can be exhausting! So don’t
sweat the small stuff, loosen up a little, and don’t be scared to laugh at
yourself every once in a while.

Cheer up a friend with
a joke!

There’s no cure for a bad day quite like a good laugh. Use your judgment
and make sure you sweep in at an appropriate time, but don’t be afraid to use a
little humor to help a friend see the lighter side of life. They will feel much
better for it, and you will too!

Start your day with a
laugh.

Looking for a way to set up your day for success? Make it a habit to
read one joke online every morning before you leave the house—call it your humor meditation! It will help you loosen up, de-stress, and focus on
the less-complicated things in life. It’ll also put you in the right mood to
attack your day like a rock star!

Now go out,
put those stomach muscles to good use, and have yourself a
turn-your-day-right-side-up-again laugh this month, next month, and always! And
remember, there’s a lot of power in choosing to be positive and smile even in
the face of a challenge. That’s why at Girl Scouts, girls can earn a Science of
Happiness badge that encourages them to analyze and find ways to increase their
own happiness. How awesome is that?

Whether
you’re a girl or an adult, we encourage you to take our Science of Happiness Quiz to
get you started down a path to more smiles and more laughs today!

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